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ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 428,496. Pate nted May 20, 1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD S. KNIGHT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ROLLPAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,496, dated May 20,1890.

Application filed March 12, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. KNIGHT, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement'in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the followingis a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to holders and cutters for roll wrapping-paper; andit consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a side elevation. Fig. II is an end view, part broken away.Fig. III is a modification of the extensions at the upper ends of thestandards.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a suitable base, to which aresecured standards 2. 3 is a rod connecting the standards at their upperends.

4 represents a spindle upon which the paper 5 is wound, and which isjournaled in the standards 2.

8 represents horizontal slotted extensions at the upper ends of thestandards, in which fits and works a crossbar 9. To this crossbar aresecured spring-arms 10, one near each end of the box. To the outer lowerends of the spring-arms is secured a knife 11.

In Fig. III I have shown a modification of the horizontal slottedextensions 8, in which the inner edges of the extensions are providedwith serrations 12.

The operation of my device is as follows: The roll of paper having beenplaced in position, the cross-bar 9 is pressed in the directionindicated by the dotted arrow, Fig. II, causing the knife 11 to bebrought up against the roll of paper with sufficient force to spring thearms 10 slightly toward a straight line. The cross-bar 9, being slightlywider than the width of the slots, as shown, binds therein and holds thekn fe against the paper under Serial No. 343,588. (No model.)

the tension of the spring-arms, which allows the knife to yield to theirregularities of the roll, but holds it with sufficient force againstthe roll until a-number of rounds of the paper have been removed, whenthe cross-bar 9 would be forced slightly in the direction of 5c thearrow, and thus the desired pressure between the roll and knife mayalways be maintained with a very cheap and simple contrivance.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a roll-paper holder andcutter, of the standards, slotted extensions supported at an angle fromthe standards, a cross-bar working in said slotted extensions,spring-arms secured to the cross-bar, and a knife secured to the arms,substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination, in a roll-paper holder and cutter, of an adjustableself-locking cross-bar, a knife, and spring-arms connecting the knife tothe cross-bar, said knife and arms being supported by the cross-bar,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a roll-paper holder and cutter, of the roll andstandards, the slotted extensions, the cross-bar Working in' andsupported by the slotted extensions, and a knife bearing on the roll andsupported from the cross-bar by downwardly-extending arms, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, in a roll-paper holder and cutter, of the roll andstandards, the horizontal slotted extensions, the crossbar adapted tobind in said slotted extensions, 8:: and the knife supported from thecross-bar by the downwardly and forwardly extending arms, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD S. KNIGHT.

In presence of THOMAS KNIGHT, ALBERT M. EBERSOLE.

